[itzul] Baby Doe / Jane Doe / John Doe ...

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The phrase is older than you might think. "John Doe" dates from the reign
of England's King Edward III (1312-1377). A famous legal document from this
period labels a hypothetical landowner "John Doe," who leases land to a
"Richard Roe," who then claims the land as his own and kicks out poor John.

The online legal dictionary FindLaw defines John Doe as a "party to legal
proceedings (as a suspect) whose true name is unknown or withheld." The
female equivalent is Jane Doe or Mary Major. A second male suspect is
dubbed Richard Roe, and subsequent ones are referred to as John Stiles and
Richard Miles.


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